Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tip of the day is......
If something goes over your head..........
Sunday, July 13, 2008
"Z.O. Stop playin! What's the official mixtape name?!?"
That's a good question right about now.... Lol
Let's take it back for a minute. As you know, when I recorded the Real Life freestyle, I announced that the name of the mixtape would be entitled Hip Hop N.E.W.S.... HHN was then changed to "Prospectively Defined" which was named after my alias "Prospect". But since I no longer go by that name, I changed it back to HHN. Listenin too all the tracks I recorded, HHN doesn't sound like a suitable name.
Anyway, the name of the mixtape will simply be named Z.O. Presents "This is my Mixtape"
I don't need a crazy name, the music is all you need..... So be on the look out next month!!!
Peace!!!!
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Racism is sooo old... yet its still alive...
Yea I said it, its gettin old maaaane..... hear me out:
Its 10 o'clock in the mornin, walkin into the barbershop. Im dappin up all da barbers and whateva.
One dude ask me "how I'm livin?"
I'm like "I'm jus maintainin, I can't complain".
He says "Yea datz all us black people can do is maintain, bein that "Da White man" is keepin us from progressin"
Me: No comment.... I'm not really good at respondin to non sense... anyway....
I'm gettin da phresh fade from my mans and what not... and there's like 5 plasma screens in da barbershop all playin Sportcenter.... everyone seemed to be real laid back, UNTIL... a scene from "one of the most controversal radio spokesmen", Don Imus, making yet another slick comment towards a black athlete, Pacman Jones. Anyway I'm not gonna speak too much on that because ya should already know about it.
Movin on....
After the footage was shown, everyone spazzed out about the situation EXCEPT this one black dude who I actually found to be one of the most intelligent dudes in the room. His response to the situation was "Though it did sound kind of racist, you can't jus blame him 100% for what he said" it was a good opinion....
Unfortunately for him, no one agreed. They questioned him on whether he was a real black man or not. Some people jus flat out called him a "Cracker". But what really caught my hearing was when this dude yelled " NIGGA if a white NIGGA call me a NIGGA, ima punch dat NIGGA in da face, I ain't a slave" How hypocritical was that statement?? Smh He said the word NIGGA like 4 times... smh, cmon yo
Now heres my question to all of ya... if YOU (meanin yourself) really have a problem with racism, are you doin anything to change that? Or are you that person that's jus talkin shyt, thinkin that you can jus call a white person a nigga, nigger, cracka, or cracker, and thinkin he can't do the same to you.... also understand this is the year 2008 NOT the 1800's.... back then there wasn't any opportunity for minorities. They actually been thru the REAL struggle... and I'm not talkin bout the 9 ta 5, behind on bills struggle, or da "I can't do shyt because no one won't give me a chance" struggle....
Fam! Its however you make it... I know what its like in da hood..... and ill be real, only people that I was goin to war with was my OWN people... and all we can do is blame the police for lockin us up... We need to focus on ourself and stop pointin the finger wheneva something bad happens to us..... pretend that black people were the only people on the earth Starting right now, you think it'll be a better place then???
If you disagree with what I'm sayin, dats cool.... try not to come at me sideways tho....
Ill stop right here....
"How do we expect a change when the change is not in us???" - MICKEY FACTZ
Peace!!
Z dot O period
Its 10 o'clock in the mornin, walkin into the barbershop. Im dappin up all da barbers and whateva.
One dude ask me "how I'm livin?"
I'm like "I'm jus maintainin, I can't complain".
He says "Yea datz all us black people can do is maintain, bein that "Da White man" is keepin us from progressin"
Me: No comment.... I'm not really good at respondin to non sense... anyway....
I'm gettin da phresh fade from my mans and what not... and there's like 5 plasma screens in da barbershop all playin Sportcenter.... everyone seemed to be real laid back, UNTIL... a scene from "one of the most controversal radio spokesmen", Don Imus, making yet another slick comment towards a black athlete, Pacman Jones. Anyway I'm not gonna speak too much on that because ya should already know about it.
Movin on....
After the footage was shown, everyone spazzed out about the situation EXCEPT this one black dude who I actually found to be one of the most intelligent dudes in the room. His response to the situation was "Though it did sound kind of racist, you can't jus blame him 100% for what he said" it was a good opinion....
Unfortunately for him, no one agreed. They questioned him on whether he was a real black man or not. Some people jus flat out called him a "Cracker". But what really caught my hearing was when this dude yelled " NIGGA if a white NIGGA call me a NIGGA, ima punch dat NIGGA in da face, I ain't a slave" How hypocritical was that statement?? Smh He said the word NIGGA like 4 times... smh, cmon yo
Now heres my question to all of ya... if YOU (meanin yourself) really have a problem with racism, are you doin anything to change that? Or are you that person that's jus talkin shyt, thinkin that you can jus call a white person a nigga, nigger, cracka, or cracker, and thinkin he can't do the same to you.... also understand this is the year 2008 NOT the 1800's.... back then there wasn't any opportunity for minorities. They actually been thru the REAL struggle... and I'm not talkin bout the 9 ta 5, behind on bills struggle, or da "I can't do shyt because no one won't give me a chance" struggle....
Fam! Its however you make it... I know what its like in da hood..... and ill be real, only people that I was goin to war with was my OWN people... and all we can do is blame the police for lockin us up... We need to focus on ourself and stop pointin the finger wheneva something bad happens to us..... pretend that black people were the only people on the earth Starting right now, you think it'll be a better place then???
If you disagree with what I'm sayin, dats cool.... try not to come at me sideways tho....
Ill stop right here....
"How do we expect a change when the change is not in us???" - MICKEY FACTZ
Peace!!
Z dot O period
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Hip Hop N.E.W.S. TBA????
The Hip Hop N.E.W.S. Mixtape will be released at a later time due to artists complications... that's all I'm sayin about that... peace!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Who Are You??
You ever had one of these moments when writing rhymes?? LOL
I remember back in the day(high school) when I stayed havin Writers Block. It was the most frustratin thing I ever experience because a nigga would give me this hot ass beat and be like "Zo! You gotta blessed dis shyt my nigga, dis dat "beat em up bang bang clap clap kill kill bitch bitch hoe hoe crack crack stab stab steal steal fuck fuck pitch pitch....." Ya get my point.... lol. Anyway, Im listenin to the beat in my room like "Yo, what the heck am im goin to rap about??" After hours of thinkin, I did what everyone else was doin at the time, FAKE IT. smh... lol
The name of the song was called "Throw it Up" The chorus went like this:
Niggas, Bitches, Hoes, Sluts//
Eastcoast Westcoast Jersey Throw It Up//
Its the P.R.O.S.P.E.C.T.//
And none of ya niggas can f+*k wit me//
It sounded kinda cool back then, but now it sounds wack each time i listen to it now... lol, every line had some metaphor that had to do with me shootin a nigga in the head or something. Im too fly for that type of talk....
Now ima be real with you. "Throw it Up" was the only official song i recorded during my high school years. It wasnt because I couldnt afford studio time, it was more like every rhyme i started writin was beginning to be repetitive; the same shyt! Guns, hoes, drugs..... none of dis shyt related to me.... that was waaaaaay back in 2003, its 2008 now, and im finally rappin again... but this time doin something i didnt do back then, and thats being myself! Now, alot of rappers wouldnt even be tellin this type of shyt because they stay tryin to hide behind some image that theyre totally not familiar with OR.. They jus havent found themselves as an MC yet.... they have the talent but they keep runnin away from it because they afraid the public wont accept them as themselves...... Try not to misunderstand me tho, if you really livin that hard life and thats all you see and do, then it is what it is. All im sayin is "Find yourself and then Be yourself". If not, you might be in this category below.
Peep the video:
LOL!!
P.S.
Nevermind the Kanye part... i wasnt really feelin that.. Kanye is dat nigga!
I remember back in the day(high school) when I stayed havin Writers Block. It was the most frustratin thing I ever experience because a nigga would give me this hot ass beat and be like "Zo! You gotta blessed dis shyt my nigga, dis dat "beat em up bang bang clap clap kill kill bitch bitch hoe hoe crack crack stab stab steal steal fuck fuck pitch pitch....." Ya get my point.... lol. Anyway, Im listenin to the beat in my room like "Yo, what the heck am im goin to rap about??" After hours of thinkin, I did what everyone else was doin at the time, FAKE IT. smh... lol
The name of the song was called "Throw it Up" The chorus went like this:
Niggas, Bitches, Hoes, Sluts//
Eastcoast Westcoast Jersey Throw It Up//
Its the P.R.O.S.P.E.C.T.//
And none of ya niggas can f+*k wit me//
It sounded kinda cool back then, but now it sounds wack each time i listen to it now... lol, every line had some metaphor that had to do with me shootin a nigga in the head or something. Im too fly for that type of talk....
Now ima be real with you. "Throw it Up" was the only official song i recorded during my high school years. It wasnt because I couldnt afford studio time, it was more like every rhyme i started writin was beginning to be repetitive; the same shyt! Guns, hoes, drugs..... none of dis shyt related to me.... that was waaaaaay back in 2003, its 2008 now, and im finally rappin again... but this time doin something i didnt do back then, and thats being myself! Now, alot of rappers wouldnt even be tellin this type of shyt because they stay tryin to hide behind some image that theyre totally not familiar with OR.. They jus havent found themselves as an MC yet.... they have the talent but they keep runnin away from it because they afraid the public wont accept them as themselves...... Try not to misunderstand me tho, if you really livin that hard life and thats all you see and do, then it is what it is. All im sayin is "Find yourself and then Be yourself". If not, you might be in this category below.
Peep the video:
LOL!!
P.S.
Nevermind the Kanye part... i wasnt really feelin that.. Kanye is dat nigga!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
When They Reminisce Over You.... my God!
This is the song that introduced me to Hip Hop..... I mean the whole vibe from this song was amazing.... the realest shyt i eva heard.. True Story! This came out a couple months after my Grandfather had passed.... it something about this song that made me feel like a whole new person again... kinda hard to explain....
Anyway, I had to lace some vocals on this beat too.... i was gonna do it the same way C.L. did it.... but dat wouldnt be original... lol, instead I put another true story in rhymes and did it my way... check out "Trouble" at http://www.myspace.com/zodaprospect
THIS IS IT.... What!!
This was one of my favorite joints back in the day.... Camp Lo is da shyt!! I always wanted to do a freestyle on that beat! The funni thing is the dude thats actually rhymin on dis shyt wit me is da same dude actually put me on with Camp Lo's music... lol... My nigga G-Reg!!
Check out "This Is It 2008" (http://www.myspace.com/zodaprospect).
First stop VA!!
As i tried to figure out who i should start workin with first on this mixtape, my nigga D. Townes from Diamondback Entertainment hits me up on the Blackberry messenger. In between time he gives me the contact information to hit up Ron A. Fevers Reppin A+ Productions
Thats when the idea came up! So before i hit him up, I checked out his myspace music page
(http://www.myspace.com/agoodwork) to see what kind of beat i think he would like to do a collab on..... i sent him message askin if he would mind featurin on the HHN mixtape, he was like "Fa Sho"... I pulled out this Pete Rock instrumental, nuff said! I put the verse on there, sent it to him. Within a week he sent it back with his vocals on it.... it was a wrap!! My nigga killed it... VA got fire, u didnt kno???? LOL
Anyway you can check out the song Entitled "Raw and Hot" on my music page (http://www.myspace.com/zodaprospect)
Thats when the idea came up! So before i hit him up, I checked out his myspace music page(http://www.myspace.com/agoodwork) to see what kind of beat i think he would like to do a collab on..... i sent him message askin if he would mind featurin on the HHN mixtape, he was like "Fa Sho"... I pulled out this Pete Rock instrumental, nuff said! I put the verse on there, sent it to him. Within a week he sent it back with his vocals on it.... it was a wrap!! My nigga killed it... VA got fire, u didnt kno???? LOL
Anyway you can check out the song Entitled "Raw and Hot" on my music page (http://www.myspace.com/zodaprospect)
Im baaaack! Let me catch up and explain!!
Whats good? Naah fa real whats good!!!!! lol I kno i havent been keep dis site up ta date, but I been reeeaaal busy workin on numerous mixtapes. Hip Hop N.E.W.S. will be the first official mixtape comin from ya boi Z.O.! 
For those of ya who dont understand the concept of this mixtape already, this will be the first time i actually explain it! Hip Hop N.E.W.S. has a variety of artist featured on this project who all represent HIP HOP! Now whatever your meaning of Hip Hop is, this mixtape will definitely define most if not all those meanings...
Now the biggest question would probably be.. "Whats the N.E.W.S. stand for???" This how we bridge the gap! Rather youre from the N-orth E-ast W-est or S-outh we all rep the Hip Hop game, jus in our own way.... you listening to a dude that was raised in the Eastcoast but grew up on a variety of rap artists in and outside of my region....
and being that i currently reside in Houston, i have a bigger respect for the South than i thought i ever would R.I.P.Pimp C.
I have alot of friends on da westcoast that make good music as well...Shout out to Cali and Arizona... R.I.P. Mac Dre.....
My niggas in Detroit stay spittin that heat R.I.P. J Dilla....
Now that ya kno whats goin on wit dis shyt..... be on da look out for Hip Hop N.E.W.S.!!!!!!
Peace!!!!!
For those of ya who dont understand the concept of this mixtape already, this will be the first time i actually explain it! Hip Hop N.E.W.S. has a variety of artist featured on this project who all represent HIP HOP! Now whatever your meaning of Hip Hop is, this mixtape will definitely define most if not all those meanings...
Now the biggest question would probably be.. "Whats the N.E.W.S. stand for???" This how we bridge the gap! Rather youre from the N-orth E-ast W-est or S-outh we all rep the Hip Hop game, jus in our own way.... you listening to a dude that was raised in the Eastcoast but grew up on a variety of rap artists in and outside of my region....
and being that i currently reside in Houston, i have a bigger respect for the South than i thought i ever would R.I.P.Pimp C.
I have alot of friends on da westcoast that make good music as well...Shout out to Cali and Arizona... R.I.P. Mac Dre.....
My niggas in Detroit stay spittin that heat R.I.P. J Dilla....
Now that ya kno whats goin on wit dis shyt..... be on da look out for Hip Hop N.E.W.S.!!!!!!
Peace!!!!!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Heart of the City Tour!!!
The best part ( being that we were in Houston) was when Hov brought out Bun B to help perform Big Pimpin.... Pay tribute to the late Pimp C (R.I.P.) When Bun performed Pocket Full of stones, the crowd went craaaazy!
I hope they have a dvd come out for the tour... That would be tight.....
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Studio Session
Jus finished recording the "Real Life" freestyle. You can check it out on my myspace page tomorrow: myspace.com/zodaprospect
Hip Hop N.E.W.S. is comin!! Stay tuned!!
Hip Hop N.E.W.S. is comin!! Stay tuned!!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Be on the look out!!
New Mixtape comin soon! " Hip Hop N.E.W.S." Spring 2008!! Ill have more information for ya through out the week. ANYONE WHO FEELS THEY HAVE SKILLS and would like to show them on this Mixtape, HIT ME UP @ zdotoperiod@tmail.com..... its goin down PEACE!!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Shout out to New York!!
Yooooo.... how about dem Giants?!? Not really my favorite team, but you gotta root for the underdog, ya kno? Overall it was a good game. The Giants defense won that game. They had Brady lookin clumsy... lol.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
ZzzZzzzzZzzz......
Its like 5 o'clock in the mornin right now and I haven't slept yet!! I ben up tryna finish and rehearse these two songs I'm plannin on recording this weekend. Bein that they charge by the hour, I gotta have everything on point cuz those studios are a trip sometimes. Not too long ago, a producer tried to charge from the time I called him for directions to his studio. WTF! Did ya hear what I jus said??!!?? Dis guy actually started to charge me 30 mins b4 I even walked into the studio! Unbelievable!! Anyway, I'm goin to sleep... I'm no good when I'm tired... LOL... PEACZzzzzzZZzzzzZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZzzzzzz....... (Currently Sleepin)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Its Official !!!!
Im beginning to learn that making a good quality album takes time, especially when you want it to mean something. I spent the year 07 trying to figure out what exactly I wanted the concept of this album to be. Now its 2008 and the blueprint is set! I will have numerous updates from time to time. Not to mention day to day life stuff..... so stay tuned!!
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